A trainee CIA officer has been convicted of assaulting his female colleague by wrapping a scarf around her neck and trying to kiss her.

Ashkan Bayatpour, 39, was convicted of attacking her in a stairwell at the agency’s headquarters on 13 July, 2022.

He was found guilty of a state misdemeanor charge of assault and battery for coming up behind the woman in the secluded area.

Bayatpour, who served in the US Navy as an intelligence officer, told her: ‘There are many uses for this. This is what I want to do to you.’